Kirk Family History

GENEALOGY
OF THE
KIRK FAMILY
by
Miranda S. Roberts
1913.

	1.  John KIRK, the son (and second of the name) of Godfrey Kirk, (pg. 
12) born 6th Mo. 14th 1660, at Alfreton in Derbyshire, England, came to Darby 
Township, (now) Delaware County, Pa., where he married Joan Ellet about the 
Second Month 1688, and died 8th Mo. (October, O.S.) 1705. Joan, who was the 
daughter of Peter Ellet, married a second husband, John Thomas, whom she 
survived, and was still living in 1735.
	Children of John and Joan Kirk
	2.  Anne KIRK, born in Darby, 1688-89, married Benjamin Peters.
	3.  Godfrey KIRK, b. 9 Mo. 27, 1690; married Rachel Ellis.
	4.  John KIRK, b. 1 Mo. 29, 1692; m. Sarah Tyson.
	5.  Samuel KIRK, b. 9 Mo. 11, 1693; died unmarried.
	6.  Mary KIRK, b. 12 Mo. 17, 1694; m. John Warner.
	7.  Elizabeth KIRK, b. 3 Mo. 9, 1696; m. John Twining.
	8.  Joseph KIRK, b. 7 Mo.; 1, 1697; m. Ann Hood.
	9.  Sarah KIRK, b. 12 Mo. 23, 1698; m. Nathaniel Twining.
	10. William KIRK, b. 8 Mo. 31, 1700; m. Elizabeth Rhoads.
	11. Isaac KIRK, b. 2 Mo. 23, 1703; m. Elizabeth Twining and Rachel 
Kinsey.
	12. Thomas KIRK, b. 12 Mo. 26, 1704; m. Mary Shaw.
	Further particulars will be given of these children in the following 
pages.
	It must be borne in mind that until 1752 the year began on March 25th, 
and March was considered the First Month.
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	Children were as follows:-- Stephen, b. Dec. 30, 1684; m. Margaret 
Mitchell; Eleazer b. Nov. 26, 1686; m. Jane Naylor; Nathaniel, b. March 27, 
1689; m. Sarah Kirk; Mercy, b. Sept. 8, 1690; m. Joseph Lupton; John, b. Mar. 
5, 1692-3; m. Elizbaeth Kirk. These children's births were entered on the town 
records of Eastham. Another child, Rachel, probably born in Bucks County, m. 
John Penquite. See the Twining Genealogy, by Thomas J. Twining, fort Wayne, 
Ind., 1905.
	8. Joseph KIRK, born in Darby 7, 1, 1697; died there 11, 16, 1773; 
married 7 Mo. 1723, at Darby Meeting, Anne Hood, born 12, 22, 1702-3; daughter 
of Samuel Hood and Mary Hudson of that township. He was a tailor by trade but 
doubtless carried on farming to some extent. On 1764 he was taxed with 83 acres 
of land in Upper Darby, one horse, two cattle and two sheep, but young stock 
were probably not taken into account. He served in the various township 
offices, a constable, 1723, supervisor, 1729, overseer of the poor, 1738, and 
fence viewer 1735 and 1736.
	The title to Joseph Kirk's land is thus stated: William Penn gave a 
patent, dated July 30, 1684, to Joshua Fearne for 200 acres. Joshua Fearne, by 
deed of December 12, 1692, conveyed 100 acres to his brother Josiah Fearne, 
who, on Dec. 27, 1717, conveyed the same to Samuel Garrett, and he in turn 
conveyed 86 acres thereof to Joseph Kirk and Ann, his wife, Sept. 5, 1723.

	WILL OF JOSEPH KIRK OF UPPER DARBY, PA.
	Recorded at Philadelphia, Book E, Vo. V., Page, 445.
		Be it remembered that I, Joseph KIRK, of the township of Darby, 
County of Chester, Province of Pennsylvania, Taylor, being in a good degree of 
health and of sound disposing mind and memory, blessed be almighty God for the 
same and all others his mercies, and considering the certainty of death and the 
uncertainty of time when, do make and put into writing this my last will and 
testament in manner and form following--i.e.--my will is that all my just debts 
and funeral expenses be fully paid and satisfied. Item.--I do give unto my son-
in-law, Jonathan Evans and my daughter, Sarah, his wife forty (46) acres of 
land being part of my plantation and tract of land whereon I now dwell, situate 
in Darby township, County of Chester, containing86 acres more or less. The 
aforesaid 40 acres of land to be divided off from my Plantation the remainder 
whereof is hereinafter devised to my son, Isaac KIRK with one line which 
divides my said land from land of my son Samuel KIRK and the land formerly 
belonging to Samuel Hood now in the tenure of William Parker, Esq., together 
with all and singular the buildings and improvements to have and to hold 
forever by said Johathan Evans and Sarah, his wife, and I do likewise bequeath 
to Jonathan Evans my wearing apparel.
		ITEM.--I do give and bequeath to my son Samuel KIRK, thirty 
shillings money of Pennsylvania as his share of my estate, having provided for 
him otherwise.
		ITEM.--I do give and bequeath to my daughter Mary KIRK twenty 
pounds money aforesaid.
		ITEM.--I do give and bequeath to my son Jesse KIRK, twenty 
pounds money aforesaid.
		ITEM.--I give and bequeath to my son Samuel KIRK twenty pounds 
money aforesaid.
		ITEM.--I do give and devise to my daughter Martha THOMAS twenty 
pounds money aforesaid, and all which bequested to be paid by my executors 
after my decease; and the residue of my personal estate I do give and bequeath 
to my grand son Joseph Kirk, son of Samuel KIRK, to him, and his heirs forever. 
All the rest and residue of my plantation situated in the township of Darby, 
county of Chester, Province of Pennsylvania, and all my lands, tenements, 
herediaments whatsoever and wheresoever not devised before, I do give and 
bequeath to my son Isaac KIRK, his heirs and assigns forever. And I likewise 
bequeath to my son Isaac KIRK, my watch with the acquipage and I do nominate 
and appoint my son-in-law, Jonathan Evans and my friend William West of the 
township of Darby to be executors of my last will and testament, hereby 
revoking all former and other wills and testaments heretofore by me made, and 
do declare this only to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I 
the said Joseph Kirk, the testator have hereunto set my hand and seal this 
sixth day of the elleventh month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred and seventy one.
						JOSEPH KIRK (Seal)

	9. Sarah KIRK, born in Darby 12, 23, 1698; died 1755; married 7, 23, 
1723, at Darby Meeting, Nathaniel Twining; born at Eastham, Mass, 3,27, 1689; 
died about 1753, in Newtown Township, Bucks County; son of Stephen Twining and 
Abigail Young, of Newtown.
	He was first married t 10, 22, 1719, to Joan Penquite, born 1, 18, 
1696; died 7, 27, 1720; daughter of John and Agnes Penquite. She left no issue. 
Nathaniel was a farmer and lived on 300 acres of land inherited from his 
father, in Newtown. A power of attorney executed by him 5,6, 1742, in which 
his "loving brother John Twining of Newtown Township" is made sole executor of 
his business, etc. is yet in a good state of preservation, in possession of his 
descendant, Thomas J. Twining, compiler of the Twining Genealogy. It is a 
nicely executed document in which the name of Nathaniel Twining is signed in a 
bold but legible hand.

		ffrom our Monthly Meeting Held in Middletown The Second day of 
The Third Month 1723, 
		unto the Monthly Meeting at Darby in the County of Chester in 
Pennsylvania Greeting.
	Dear ffriends
		These may acquaint you that The Occasion of our Weighting at 
this Time is on The
	Behalfe of our ffriend Nathaniell Twining who Hath at our Monthly 
Meeting Declared his 
	Intentions of Taking Sarah Kirke (a Member of your Meeting) to be his 
wife, Requesting a
	Certificate of us Relating Thereto;

		These May Therefore Certifie you That due Enquirey Concerning 
Him (according to the
	Good order used amongst us) Hath Bene Made, and we find no other But He 
is ffrie and Clear
	from any ingagement or Intanglement of Marriage with all other women; 
and as To his Life 
	and Conversation we find Nothing To Hinder his Proceedings in his Said 
Intentiions. Therefore
	we Do also (rest not here at this time.

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	also furniture: To son Abner all residue, real and personal, and 
appointed his brothers Samuel and Isaac executors.
	44. Martha KIRK, b. 9,5,1733; m. 11, 7, 1764, at Gloria Dei (Old 
Swedes') Church, Philadelphia, to Seth Thomas. For this she was disowned by 
Darby Meeting, 1, 3, 1765. According to statements of a granddaughter Seth 
Thomas came from Wales with a brother John, who settled at Plymoth, Va. Seth's 
marriage is the first notice we have of him. He appears on the tax lists of 
Upper Darby, with 50 acres of land, from 1769 to 1774. After this they must 
have removed to Fayette Co., Pa., though possibly by way of Virginia. Enos 
Thomas, supposed their son, was taxed in Fayette Co., 1785-6, though he could 
scarcely have been of age. In the spring of 1794 Seth Thomas, Samuel Todd and 
Jonathan Lyon and his brother Jacob shipped their families and goods aboard a 
flat boat (which was probably of their own construction) at Old Fort Redstone 
on the Monongahela, to Fort Duquesne of Fort Pitt, and thence down the Ohio to 
Georgetown, Pa., near the present State line, where they disembarked 
preparatory to the initiative of pioneers in the North West Territory. The 
Todds and Lyons remained in Beaver County, and in the early spring of 1798 Seth 
Thomas and family, consisting of himself, his wife Martha, his son Enos and a 
distant relative named William Thomas, crossed the Ohio River from Georgetown, 
moved out into the North West Territory and settled upon the N.E. Quarter of 
Section 26, now St. Clair Twp., Columbia Co., Ohio, later the property of John 
Montgomery (1879). Seth was a frail old man when the family settled in what is 
now Ohio. The date of his death is not known, but it was early in the 19th 
century, and he was buried in the first cemetery in that neighborhood on the 
A.R. Hickman farm, about one mile north of Calcutta. Martha (Kirk) Thomas died 
in 1825 and was buried in the Long's Run Cemetery, just east of the same town. 
The account of them and their descendants has been furnished by L.B. Altaffer, 
of Cleveland, Ohio.

	45.  Isaac KIRK, b. 10, 23, ....; was disowned by Darby Meeting 3,3, 
1763, for marriage "by a priest." His wife was named Rachel. He was taxed with 
86 acres of land in Upper Darby, 1765-1771, and 45 acres later; was constable 
for the years 1773 and 1776, and overseer of the poor in 1777. He removed to 
Washington County, Pa., and on March 20, 1798, Isaac Kirk of Finley Township, 
yeoman, and John Kirk of the same place, yeoman, and wife Jane, executed a deed 
to Thomas Lewis of Upper Darby, Delaware County, in which is recited the will 
of John Kirk, dated April 18, 1796, giving to his cousin, the said Isaac Kirk, 
16 acres of land on the north side of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Road,--
during life, with remainder to John Kirk, son of Isaac. For this land Thomas 
Lewis paid L208. The will of Isaac Kirk, of Finley Twp., is dated June 28, 1803 
(d. 21-Jun.1803), and proven August 16th, 1803; in which he mentions Rachel, 
his wife, and six children, and appoints as executors Samuel England and Thomas 
Byers. These were directed to make a good deal to Nehemiah Greene for land 
which the testator had sold to him. (Added by H.S.D.):
                        │	Registered in Will Book No. 1, pages 498 & 499.
Isaac Kirk, deceased.   │In the Name of God Amen. June the twenty-first 
day in the year
Last Will and Testament.│of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and 
three. ────────────────────────┘
I, Isaac Kirk of the Township of Finley and County of Washington and 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania yeoman, Being Diseased and weak in Body but 
through Mercy of sound Mind and Memory, and calling to mind the Mortality of my 
Body and that it is appointed for all men once to die, to make Constitute and  
ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of 
all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave all, and my 
Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like manner Decently at the 
Discretion of my Executor, and as touching such Worldly Estate as it hath 
pleased God to Bless me with in this life I give Devise and Dispose of the same 
n the manner and form following:-

First, it is my will and I do order that all my Just Debts and funeral Expenses 
be duly paid and sattisfied as soon as conviently can be after my Decease.--

Item, I give and Bequeath unto my Dear wife Rachel Kirk, the whole Incomes of 
my plantation on which I now live During her Natural life, also my Bay Mare of 
seven years old Likewise one Milch Cow, of which she is to take her choice out 
of the stock I now own, also her choice of one Ewe and lamb out of my flock of 
sheep, also three hives of Bees with their Increase. Likewise the whole of my 
household furniture and all my farming Utensils and all that is in the house 
for the support of the family. Likewise two thirds of the wheat and Rye in the 
Ground with all my part of the flax, this forementioned personal property I 
leave to my Wife and her heirs forever, and at the Decease of my Wife, I allow 
my plantation be Equally Divided Between my two sons John Kirk and Thomas Kirk, 
John to hold the lower end and Thomas the upper end. The Division to Take place 
by a line run across at the Discretion of my Executors, and the Remainder of my 
personal property I allow to be appraised and sold as the Law Directs in such 
case, and the Monies ariseing from my personal property that may be sold I 
allow to be Equally divided between my four Daughters, Phebe Green, Rachel 
Supler, Anne McGlaughlin and Sarah Munroe. Also I allow and Empower my 
Executors to make unto Nehemiah Green a good and Sufficient Deed in fee simple 
for thirty acres of Land which I sold to said Green and for which I have 
received the full price from said Green. Said Deed is to be made to sd. Green 
as soon as an office Right can be obtained from James Stephenson for said land 
of whom I Bought it, also I Nominate Constitute and appoint Samuel England, 
Thomas Byers my only and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and 
I do hereby Revock and Disannul, all and every other Will in any way or manner 
before me made by Ratifying and confirming this as my last Will and Testament 
as Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written.
				Isaac Kirk
David Matthews
Robert Brown

	46. Sarah KIRK, b. 9, 5, 1741; m. 11, 21, 1764, Swedes' Church, Phila. 
to Jonathan Evans, perhaps son of William Evans, d. 1748, of Willistown 
Township, and Ann, his wife, afterward wife of Walter Lloyd. She was eisowned 
by Darby Meeting 3, 28, 1765, for her marriage by a priest. They resided in 
Upper Darby, where he was a farmer. He d. in 1817.
	Deed, 6 July. 1767: Joseph Kirk, surviving executor of Peter Hood of 
Darby, Samuel
	Kirk, and Mary his wife, Jesse Kirk, Mary Kirk, Seth Thomas and Martha 
his wife, Isaac Kirk
	and Rachel his wife, Jonathan Evans and Sarah his wife,--devisees of 
their grandfather,
	Samuel Hood, of Darby,--all of the township of Darby,--to John Sellars 
of the same township.

	This resited Peter Hood, seized of messuage and part of two tracts of 
land, by will
	dated 2 April 1742, directed sale of lands except 10 acres next to 
lands of Joseph Kirk which
	had been conveyed to him, and appointed Joseph Kirk and John Thomas, of 
Blockley his
	executors.
		Now for L120, they convey to John Sellers one tract of 250 
acres and another of 100
	acres, excepting 50 acres devised by Samuel Hood to his grandson Samuel 
Kirk, and a piece
	devised by same to his daughter Mary Clarck.
		Samuel Kirk, Rachel Kirk, Jonathan Evans, Seth Thomas and Mary Kirk made their marks.
						(H. 120)

	Children of (9) Sarah and Nathaniel Twining, of Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa.
	47. Isaac Twining (Sarah, John), b. 5, 25, 1725,; died young.
	48. Samuel Twining, b. 1, 24, 1726, in Newtown Township, Bucks Co., 
Pa., on a large productive farm just outside of the borough limits. The farm 
adjoining on the north was owned by his brother Benjamin. He m. 10, 26, 1752, 
Mary Jenks, b. 4, 20, 1733; d. 1803, dau. of Thomas Jenks and Mercy Wildman.
	At Middletown Mo. Mtg. 9, 14, 1752: Samuel Twining and Mary Jenks 
declared their intentions of marriage the first time. On 10, 5, 1752, they 
apeared the second time and declared the continuance of their intentions; and 
the said Samuel having prodiced a certificate from Wrightstown Mo. Mtg. to the 
satisfaction of Friends they were left at liberty to consumate their said 
intention when they saw convenient. The committee appointed to have oversight 
of the wedding reported 11, 2, 1752, that the marriage was "decently accomplished on the 26th of last month."
		He was disowned by Friends for sime trivial offence, 7,8,1766, 
and the date of his death was not recorded by the meeting.

	49. Benjamin Twining, b. 6, 3, 1728, at Wrightstown; d. evidently in Warren Co., N.J., 1784; was disowned by Friends for marriage out of meeting (jumps to page 64.)

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"Rich Hill," on the S.E. Qr. of Sec.22, about ?ine mile N.E. of the village of 
Calcutta, now owned by John Anderson of East Liverpool, O., whose wife 
(Elizabeth Todd) is a great-granddaughter of Enos Thomas. The latter's wife was 
a Methodist and the first meeting of this denomination were held in the houses 
of Enos Thomas and others. He died in 1829 and was buried in the John Jackman 
Graveyard, located in the N.W. Qr. of Sec. 14, St. Clair Twp., on the road from 
Calcutta to Fredericktown. His widow, Margaret, about 1831 or 1832 married 
Jesse Underwood of Middleton Twp. and resided in East Carmel until her death, 
8, 30, 1849: buried in the Clarkson Cemetery.

	186. Martha Thomas, said by her niece to have gone back from Ohio to 
Pennsylvania to be married, but nothing more is known of her.

	Children of (45) Isaac and Rachel Kirk, of Washington Co., Pa.
	188. John KIRK, (Isaac, Joseph, John), b. in Darby Twp., Chester (now 
Delaware) County; d. 10-Mo., 1837 in Donegal Twp., Washington Co., Pa.; m. Jane.
	189. Thomas KIRK, b. in Darby, living in Washington Co., 1852.
	190. Phebe KIRK, m. Nehemiah? Green, of Washington Co.
	191. Anne KIRK, m. ....McGlaughlin.
	192. Rachel KIRK, m. .....(John) Supler.
	193. Sarah KIRK, m. ....Monroe.

	Children of (46) Sarah Kirk and William Evans of Upper Darby, PA.
	196. William Evans, (Sarah, Joseph, John), b. 10, 20, 1776; d. 10, 17, 
1826; m. 11, 24, 1803, at Bradford Meeting, Lydia Hoopes, b. 1, 31, 1785; d. 
12, 15, 1834; dau. of William Hoopes and Phebe Woodward of West Bradford (now 
Pocopson) Twp., Chester County, Pa. He was a farmer in Upper Darby and was 
buried at Darby Meeting.
	197. Jonathan Evans, b. 1780; d. 1849; m. Elizabeth....... In 1804 or 
5, with his wife and son Philip, he removed to Columbiana co., Ohio, and 
settled upon Sections 5 and 6, Perry Twp., on the Franklin Road, as stated in a 
history of that county.

	Children of (48) Samuel and Mary (Jenks) Twining of Newtown, Bucks Co. 
Pa. 
	198. Thomas Twining, (Samuel, Sarah, John), b. 8, 20, 1753, in 
Wrightstown; d. 1, 29, 1838, at North Boston (Podunk), Erie Co., N.Y.; m. 9, 
27, 1781. (excerpt from the Kirk History.)
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